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Unreal Deprecating Blueprints and Actors

Coming out of State of Unreal 2026, the headline news wasn’t just Unreal Engine 6, UE 5.8, or the new free/open-source Lore version control system. The notable bit for developers is the report that ...
wccftech

“We Use Blueprints for ALL Gameplay Systems”: Sandfall Interactive Reveals How it Avoided C++ in UE for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Today may be Mario Day for Nintendo fans, but it's Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2026 week for the rest of the video game industry. On top of B2B-focused announcements from companies like Razer, ...
Polygon

Unreal Engine 4.2 update to add vehicles, blueprints and more

The next iteration of Epic Games' next-gen game engine, Unreal Engine 4, will add support for vehicles, a new camera animation system and assets, technical writer Ian Shadden announced via the game's ...

[Explanation] LLM Agents Evolve with MCP in UE5.8

Epic Games officially released "Unreal Engine 5.8" in June 2026, officially incorporating "Unreal MCP," which allows LLM ...